Context Report Research Challenge

Congrats to everyone who worked on CR Research pages!
Feel free to use these resources for your reports.

Our context reports require us to use evidence to describe a school along with its district and community. As we have seen, finding answers to interesting questions can be a challenge. Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to investigate a specific question and prepare a URITK page that explains as carefully and completely as you can how to investigate the question for any school, district, or community.

Instructions

1. Consult the table below to determine who is in your group and what question(s) you may investigate. (Though I believe strongly in giving you choices, some times you have to do particular things, and this is one of those times.)

2. Research your question online or in the library. The main sites that have been useful in the past are:

3. Click on the link in the table below and answer the items on the page as completely as you can. Remember that your page will act as a "research support" for your classmates (and future 102 students), so don't assume that they have your computer skill!

Community Research edit

	What is the Question?	Why is this Question Interesting?	What Data Can We Use to Answer this Question?	Research Team
1	What is the location like? ie: size house vs. apartments, country vs. city.	Look at funding from property taxes.	EDC 102 Res - Geography and Housing	JessicaB-PamP-KimV
2	What is the cultural make up of the community? How has this changed over the past forty years?	The level of diversity, as well as how the population is changing, can serve as evidence of community stability.	EDC 102 Res - Community Demographics EDC 102 Res - Community Ethnicity and Poverty	SarahP-SeanS-ConnerC Dr. Mona Niedbala
3	What is the average resident income?	Major employers, also get a look at income taxes	EDC 102 Res - Community Wealth-Poverty EDC 102 Res - Community Ethnicity and Poverty	NathanielS-SerenaC-CourtneyW Dr. Mona Niedbala
4	What is the level of unemployment? How does this level compare with the rest of the state? The nation?	This may provide evidence for the overall economic health of the community.	EDC 102 Res - Community Employment	AlysaD-JessicaL-EricF
5	What is the crime rate in the community? What types of crimes occur in a typical year? Is the crime rate steady, on the rise, or falling?	Safety and security; Another indicator of overall community health.	EDC 102 Res - Community Crime	MarisaM-CarolineN-DanA
6	What is the average education level of the community? High school vs college.	Parent education level could serve as evidence of commitment to education.	EDC 102 Res - Community Education Levels	DanielleB-ChelseaS-MaxS
7	What is the property tax rate in the area? How does this compare with the state?	Property taxes are the main local source of funds for RI school districts.	EDC 102 Res - Community Property Taxes	MattG-LizJ-ScottS
8	How involved is the community?	gives an idea of the support for the school.	EDC 102 Res - Community Involvement	EllenS-ArlyB-HollyG
9	What is the history of the community? When was it founded and by who? What is the community's historical legacy?	The community could have historical features that influence how they run their schools.	EDC 102 Res - Community History	StephanieS-AbbyV-JohnM
10	What parts of the community are urban, suburban, and/or rural? How has this been stable or changed over the past 40 years?	This can be more evidence of community stability.	EDC 102 Res - Community Urban-Suburban Balance	CassyJ-AndreaM-ArianaS

4. Complete your page by Sunday evening at 6pm. At this time, each person in the class can look over all of the entries and vote for the three pages that they feel will be the most useful for them.

Voting is now over.

EDC 102 F08 - CR Research Challenge

Context Report Research Challenge